Purple
#DBA2DC
#DBA2DC is a purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.2:1. On white it reaches only 2.1:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DBA2DC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DBA2DC kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF2FF
- 100 FFDFFF
- 200 F7C6F7
- 300 DBA2DC
- 400 C38DC4
- 500 A771A9
- 600 8B578D
- 700 704172
- 800 572D59
- 900 3F1B40
- 950 270A29
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff2ff; --color-purple-100: #ffdfff; --color-purple-200: #f7c6f7; --color-purple-300: #dba2dc; --color-purple-400: #c38dc4; --color-purple-500: #a771a9; --color-purple-600: #8b578d; --color-purple-700: #704172; --color-purple-800: #572d59; --color-purple-900: #3f1b40; --color-purple-950: #270a29;}Is #DBA2DC readable?
Contrast for text on #DBA2DC and for #DBA2DC used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 45 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.2APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #99649B · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.2APCA Lc 62 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DBA2DC
Six palettes built around #DBA2DC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DBA2DC · #CF6497 · #AF8EFD · #FFD0CB · #2C272D
- Complementary#DBA2DC · #5E9253 · #67BB6F · #FFCCFB · #2B262C
- Split complementary#DBA2DC · #97C16B · #00C095 · #F9BCFF · #2F262F
- Triadic#DBA2DC · #D6AA4F · #00D1E9 · #F8C8F9 · #241C26
- Tetradic#DBA2DC · #DA7E24 · #33BA49 · #B7E2FF · #332833
- Monochromatic#DBA2DC · #B370BC · #CC7AC2 · #FCD5FF · #302B30
#DBA2DC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DBA2DC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF2FF
- Brand 100, #FFDFFF
- Brand 200, #F7C6F7
- Brand 300, #DBA2DC
- Brand 400, #C38DC4
- Brand 500, #A771A9
- Brand 600, #8B578D
- Brand 700, #704172
- Brand 800, #572D59
- Brand 900, #3F1B40
- Brand 950, #270A29
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D7D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A59EA5
- Neutral 500, #787178
- Neutral 600, #585258
- Neutral 700, #443E44
- Neutral 800, #2B262B
- Neutral 900, #1B161B
- Neutral 950, #0D080D
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EAA554
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 9.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.7:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #DBA2DC
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.